World Of MMO-Craft - Making Our Own MMORPG! | Let's Build a Dungeon (MMORPG Tycoon Game - Demo)

Let's Build a Dungeon is a gloriously bonkers game about building an MMO, which for those unfamiliar with the term is a big online multiplayer world. Think World of Warcraft or Elder Scrolls Online, we're going to build one of those! Or certainly try...
We begin by adding some decoratives to our little starting village, which grows as we add more decor, something which of course we are very happy with! We decide that all of the players must be Explorers and then we get to sort out a few quests.
The first few quests are basic ones but the third one involves us finally building a dungeon! There are multiple levels and many, many items for us to put into the dungeon. Crates, barrels, destroyable pots, ancient statues, spooky lights, water, moss, archways and, of course... monsters!
However, at this point things get weird and very meta, because we have to stop designing our game and go to 'our' PC desktop, because the servers have crashed. But they haven't really, but in-game they have, and then to check everything is OK in our MMO we go in and play it. So we're playing a game, in a game. Marvellous!
We use a messaging service to chat with an unhappy customer, a kid sends us a picture of a, evil beastie and then the boss tells us to kill everyone on the server with monsters.
See? Gloriously bonkers.
NOTE: This is the demo version of the game.
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Run a game studio your way and see how things develop in this multi-layered management sim from the creators of Let’s Build a Zoo.
Review the resumes of hundreds of hopeful applicants as you staff your dream studio in this true-to-life and ridiculous simulation of the games industry. Recruit and manage artists, programmers and planners to produce new assets and mechanics that bring your creations to life.
Manage development schedules, advertising campaigns and press relationships to grow your studio from a scrappy indie team into a development juggernaut. Will you risk financial ruin by delaying your game until it’s perfect, or push your staff to breaking point with crunch time and salary cuts? Will you bow to community requests, or stay true to your creative vision?
As a fledgling MMORPG developer, it’s your job to build a fantasy world that keeps virtual players hooked while balancing the books. Welcome them into your world and watch their adventures unfold!
Design an expansive adventure filled with quests, towns, monsters and dungeons, tailored to your virtual players’ demands. Jump in-game at any time to ban rogue users and see your world from a new perspective.
Will you build a monster catching RPG? A cozy farming simulator? Or maybe a magic-fuelled action adventure? Whatever you build, build it your way with thousands of objects, environments, characters and enemies to choose from.
Place every tree, build every quest and decide on job classes for visiting virtual players as you watch them explore in real time. Increase drop rates if they are struggling, or boost enemy stats to keep them grinding for XP. The more time spent in your world, the happier your investors will be!
Design and build your very own MMO world, fit to be filled by hordes of virtual players
Manage the day-to-day running of your game studio, from hiring and firing to keeping your investors happy
Attract new virtual players to your MMO masterpiece by expanding your world, designing new quests and monitoring player journeys
Progress through the campaign to develop new items, environments and mechanics that bring your ideas to life
Playtest your RPG at any time to see the world through the eyes of a player
Customise using thousands of items, or design your own
Creative mode is an open sandbox and you are free to write your own story, create dialogue and cutscenes, draw characters and adjust gameplay mechanics. Browse the games made by other people online, or upload your own to our built in game browser.
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Additional audio:
Music to Delight Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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[@SpringloadedSoftware]

Thanks for checking out our demo - was so fun watching you play through!

[@joshuacr]

Thanks for making the Ultima..I mean Ultimate demo for us to play! Silly typo me again! 😁

[@zelkovalru]

I see on the steam page there is no release date as of yet, how far does the demo take you?

[@SpringloadedSoftware]

@@joshuacr Ahaha! 🤐

[@SpringloadedSoftware]

@@zelkovalru The demo gives a taste of building with a little bit of workbench management, with 3 character classes to choose from. And you can replay to choose different quests to build different areas. The final game will have more character classes available (the ones greyed out in the menu) and also an open sandbox called Creative Mode. Hope this helps!

[@Emi-ro5ew]

Looks like fun! Pretty sure ‘Lord Richard’ was the player attacking everyone else- no wonder he was killed first!

[@EthanJSoto]

Reminds me a bit of MMORPG tycoon 2 from a few years back. Used to watch your play through when I was 12 after getting home from school, now I’m 17 and in the army. How time flies brother!

[@Bethgael]

That one's _still_ in EA. Starting to think they'll never finish it, but at least it's not abandoned.

[@TheGeekCupboard]

Oh wow, that is quite the change! 12 to 17. I hope the army life is treating you well!

[@joshuacr]

Oh it reminds me of an Online game that was the Ultima...I mean the Ultimate MMO! Silly Typo me 😁

[@rodh1404]

Lord Richard seemed very British to me. He must be the Ultimate player, or at least something like that.

[@teilzeitstudent4427]

His reaction seemed a little petty to me though. I wonder why, maybe he was caught in the rain that day?

[@mistermaestersirthomas9164]

Ask Shamino and Iolo, maybe Mariah knows?

[@jackalenterprisesofohio]

When this game comes out I expect Penge to get too carried away with the plants that his whole game map is nothing but a huge garden.

[@Bethgael]

"too carried away". Is there such a thing? ;)

[@jackalenterprisesofohio]

@Bethgael eehh, it depends on what it is....

[@nickythenick91]

Indie comedy version of Inception. Thank you for spotlighting, Penge! It's definitely A LOT a lot more than screenshots in Steam could show. Actually, I saw it in recommendations and just passed by bc I thought it don't worth a time to check out. So, thanks again!

[@andrewgrant6516]

Seems legit to me. Maybe 10% more Monty Python quotes, and a lunchtime pub with pool table.

[@daenwallace5487]

That Richard Garriot joke :D

[@TheGeekCupboard]

A few people have said that name. Who is Richard Garriot?!

[@QuestingTruck]

​@@TheGeekCupboard He made the Ultima series of games. Lord British is his in game persona and is almost always invincible. In Ultima Online he was supposed to be invincible but players managed to kill him anyway.

[@JulyFlame]

​@@TheGeekCupboard Richard Garriott is one of the early computer game devs. He's best known for the Ultima series, which were open world style roleplaying games and also had one of the first MMOs. A whole ton of modern game design choices and terminology, especially where RPGs are concerned, come from him, studios he was part of, and his games.

[@JulyFlame]

The bit with the Lord Richard character repeatedly referring to not letting people kill him/making his character be invincible comes from an Ultima Online incident where while logged in for an event during the beta testing period, Garriott's Lord British character was accidentally set to *not* be invincible. Someone managed to kill the character and started complete chaos, since the devs responded by... summoning demons to massacre all the player characters present. So that whole end bit was a very big reference!

[@daenwallace5487]

@@TheGeekCupboard He is/was the main developer of Ultima online and way ahead of its time. He's also famous for his self insertions in his game where he tried everything to not let players kill his characters and be as awesome and overpowered as anyone could be in the game. ^^ Also everything what July below wrote. :)

[@Bethgael]

A cozy MMO sounds like.... a lot of fun, actually. :D Oh! this is the same mob that made Let's Build a Zoo and Let's school. Cute wee games. This one, though.... it seems a bit ridiculous to be opening any MMO to players before the scenery and quests are down. That was pretty funny though.

[@ZephyrEclipse]

Check out Palia, pretty cozy MMO

[@joshuacr]

I will neither confirm nor deny a certain Lord who may be English or *British* was actually like that back in the day. 🤣Oh Lord I was in tears at the end! *Please* play this when the full release comes out! Dave played this but he umm *diplomatic* didn't do it as well. Perhaps you can give him some tips?

[@Mirkwood42]

That was amazing madness. I'll definitely keep an eye out for that game. I really liked playing. Let's build a zoo. 😂🤪👍

[@ysharros]

"You can certainly try..." I see you, fellow nerd. You are seen.

[@TheGeekCupboard]

I am seen. I am defeated. How do you want to do this?

[@ysharros]

@@TheGeekCupboard I'll be kind. I already have the t-shirt. But also -- I would like to rage. 🤣

[@AngeldustPictures57]

This looks very similar to “let’s build a zoo”

[@TheGeekCupboard]

It's by the same developers!

[@AngeldustPictures57]

@@TheGeekCupboard that makes so much sense now XD

[@RAGINGMOOSE19]

Its to simplified the dungeon genre is so overlooked and that is said i want to be the dungeon core its self devouring bugs dirt and rock till you grow and learn enough to atrack humans and wat them as well

[@amnon23e]

That is totally about Richard Garriott!

[@StorybookDreaming]

oh yay!! ive been excited for this one :D

[@Daanan-t3e]

Very fun!

[@panas043]

I don’t know if I missed it, but what are the yellow things around the city center?

[@barnard667]

spawn points

[@panas043]

@ thanks homie.

[@ceebugs1756]

This is very Pengy

[@Zephaeria]

This looks like fun but I disagree with the music in game issue. I hate music in games and always turn it off.

[@TheGeekCupboard]

I think music has it's place in games. Like in Deus Ex, I can't imagine that game without the music, it would be a lesser experience. But yes, I can see that in other games the music could be an annoyance!

[@Bethgael]

I turn off music when it's repetitive, usually in games like House Flipper. But as a general rule I love game music--tends to be my "album of choice" if writing, too. Sometimes the music is better than the game--I bought AC1/2 and Deus Ex entirely off the back of its music. I also switch it off in MMOs (ESO or GW2, presently) if I'm grinding and listening to youtube as a podcast, but the Elder Scrolls music is quite good so I enjoy it. Each to their own, eh. :D

[@miriamgil941]

I'm the second commenter ❤❤❤

[@TheGeekCupboard]

You are! Congratulations!

[@raganaitia]

I really hope that they replace the AI imaged with custom art for the release. These just look ugly and it's unethical in general.